Social Media Policy and Settings
LTown United made this OPRA request to Livingston Township This request has been closed to new correspondence. Contact us if you think it should be reopened.
Dear Livingston Township,
This is a request for public records made under OPRA and the common law right of access. I am not required to fill out an official form. Please acknowledge receipt of this message.
Records requested:
This request seeks records relating to restrictions and settings concerning the official Facebook and Twitter accounts for Livingston Township, and should be directed to the person responsible for operating those accounts.
Records requested:
1. Please supply a copy of the settings for the Facebook page maintained by Livingston Township. This list is accessible by (A) logging into the Facebook page as an administrator, and then (B) clicking “Settings” at the top of the official page.
2. Please supply a copy of the list of people or pages banned from the Livingston Township Facebook page. This list is accessible by: (A) logging into the Facebook page as an administrator, (B) clicking “Settings” at the top of the official page, (C) clicking “People and Other Pages” in the left column, and (D) selecting “Banned People and Pages” from the drop-down menu.
3. Please supply a list of the “blocked accounts” by the Twitter account maintained by Livingston Township.
4. Please supply any words that are blocked using Facebook’s customizable blacklist.
5. Please supply a list of all posts that Livingston Township has hidden from its Facebook and Twitter accounts.
6. Please supply a current copy of the official Social Media Policy followed by the Livingston Township.
It should be noted that when a government agency uses these tools to filter or block particular words or phrases, it raises serious First Amendment concerns.
Yours faithfully,
LTown United
The Township of Livingston’s Municipal Clerk's Department has reopened to the public and will respond to your email as soon as possible. However, if submitting an OPRA request or inquiring about a previously submitted OPRA request, please realize that pursuant to P.L. 2020 Ch 10, OPRA deadlines are inapplicable during a State of Emergency and that record custodians ”must make a reasonable effort, as the circumstances permit to respond to a request for a government record within 7 business days or as soon as possible."
This comes in response to your June 21, 2021 OPRA request re "OPRA
request--Social Media Policy and Settings" ("This request
seeks records relating to restrictions and settings concerning the
official Facebook and twitter accounts for livingston Township...")
A short additional time, anticipated to be no later than until Tuesday,
July 5, 2021, is needed to respond.
Thank you for your patience.
--
Glenn Turtletaub
Livingston Township Clerk
(973)992-5000 x5401
Official email of the Township of Livingston NJ
For Official Business Use Only
Dear LTown United:
This comes in response to the following OPRA Requests:
June 17, 2021 seeking "All emails over the last 2 years containing
the words "weed", "marijuana" and/or "cannabis" to/from Mayor Klein,
Councilman Vieira, Councilmember Anthony, Councilman Fernandez,
Councilman Mainhardt, Town Manager Lewis, Deputy Manager Jones Jr., Town
Attorney Kantor and Town CFO Cucci. Please provide all requested
information in PDF format."
June 21, 2021 seeking "records relating to restrictions and settings
concerning the official Facebook and Twitter accounts for Livingston
Township...
1. "...copy of settings for Facebook page..."
2. "...list of people or pages banned..."
3. "...list of blocked accounts..."
4. "...any words that are blocked using Facebook's customizable
blacklist..."
5. "...list of all posts that Livingston Township has hidden
from its Facebook and Twitter accounts''
6. "...a current copy of the official Social Media Policy
followed by the Livingston Township".
June 22, 2021 seeking "All emails to and from Councilmember and Town
Employees which include the subject line "Facebook Blocked"
beginning September 19, 2019 to present"
Due to the breadth and scope of the requests, the number of persons, and
the need to retrieve and review them, a short additional time, anticipated
to be until no later than July 12, 2021 is needed to respond to these
requests.
Thank you for your consideration.
--
Glenn Turtletaub
Livingston Township Clerk
(973)992-5000 x5401
Official email of the Township of Livingston NJ
For Official Business Use Only
Dear LTown United:
This comes in response to your 6/21/21 OPRA Request seeking:
"...records relating to restrictions and settings concerning the
official Facebook and Twitter accounts for Livingston Township..."
1.",,,copy of settings for Facebook page..."
Please see attached Page 1.
2. "...list of people or pages banned..."
Please see attached Page 2.
3. "...list of blocked accounts"
Please see attached Page 3.
4. "any words that are blocked suing Facebook's customizable
blacklist..."
No documents exist relating to this request.
5. "...list of all posts that Livingston Township has hidden
from its Facebook and Twitter accounts:
Please see attached Page 4.
6. "...a current copy of the official Social MediaPolicy
followed by the Livingston Township."
No documents exist relating to this request.
Thank you for your consideration.
--
Glenn Turtletaub
Livingston Township Clerk
(973)992-5000 x5401
Official email of the Township of Livingston NJ
For Official Business Use Only
Dear LTown United
This comes in response to your August 11, 2021 OPRA request seeking "All
Candidate Information, submitted resumes and internal discussions related
to the open Council seat made available when Michael Silverman resigned
and the selection of someone to fill it during December 2018 to the end of
February 2019."
Please be advised that additional time, anticipated to be until August 27,
2021, will be needed to respond. We have been responding and processing
this and your many other requests, and I thank you for your consideration.
--Glenn Turtletaub
Township Clerk
--
Glenn Turtletaub
Livingston Township Clerk
(973)992-5000 x5401
Official email of the Township of Livingston NJ
For Official Business Use Only
Dear LTown United
This comes in response to your August 11, 2021 OPRA request seeking "All
Candidate Information, submitted resumes and internal discussions related
to the open Council seat made available when Michael Silverman resigned
and the selection of someone to fill it during December 2018 to the end of
February 2019."
Please be advised that additional time, anticipated to be until August 27,
2021, will be needed to respond. We have been responding and processing
this and your many other requests, and I thank you for your consideration.
--Glenn Turtletaub
Township Clerk
--
Glenn Turtletaub
Livingston Township Clerk
(973)992-5000 x5401
Official email of the Township of Livingston NJ
For Official Business Use Only